Charles Dance
Born October 10, 1946 (Age: 79)
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Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Biography
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and director. He typically plays strict, authoritarian characters or villains. He is best known for his roles as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Kitchener in The King's Man, Martin Benson in Amazon Prime's The Widow, Lord Mountbatten in Netflix's The Crown (for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series), Thomas in Underworld: Awakening and Underworld: Blood Wars, Harold Fillmore in Ghostbusters (2016), Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Frankenstein in Victor Frankenstein, Master Vampire in Dracula Untold, Conrad Knox in the Cinemax series Strike Back, Raymond Stockbridge in Gosford Park, one-eyed hitman Benedict in Last Action Hero, Clemens in Alien³, Sardo Numpsa in The Golden Child, and Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown. He started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. For his services to drama, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006. He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive produced.
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and director. He typically plays strict, authoritarian characters or villains. He is best known for his roles as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Kitchener in The King's Man, Martin Benson in Amazon Prime's The Widow, Lord Mountbatten in Netflix's The Crown (for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series), Thomas in Underworld: Awakening and Underworld: Blood Wars, Harold Fillmore in Ghostbusters (2016), Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Frankenstein in Victor Frankenstein, Master Vampire in Dracula Untold, Conrad Knox in the Cinemax series Strike Back, Raymond Stockbridge in Gosford Park, one-eyed hitman Benedict in Last Action Hero, Clemens in Alien³, Sardo Numpsa in The Golden Child, and Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown.
He started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. For his services to drama, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006.
He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive produced.
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Filmography
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2026
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as Self - Guest
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Age: 79
Frankenstein
2025
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as Leopold Frankenstein
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Age: 79
Rumours
2024
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as Edison Wolcott
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Age: 77
The First Omen
2024
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as Father Harris
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Age: 77
The King's Man
2021
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as Kitchener
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Age: 75
The Book Of Vision
2021
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as Dr. Johan Anmuth
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Age: 74
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021
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as Self
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Age: 74
Mank
2020
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as William Randolph Hearst
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Age: 74
Iron Mask
2019
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as Lord Dudley
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Age: 72
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
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as Alan Jonah
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Age: 72
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
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as Agent Seven
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Age: 71
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
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as Thomas
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Age: 70
Ghostbusters
2016
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as Harold Fillmore
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Age: 69
Me Before You
2016
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as Stephen Traynor
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Age: 69
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
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as Mr. Bennet
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Age: 69
Victor Frankenstein
2015
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as Frankenstein
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Age: 69
Woman in Gold
2015
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as Sherman
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Age: 68
Child 44
2015
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as Major Grachev
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Age: 68
The Imitation Game
2014
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as Commander Denniston
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Age: 68
Dracula Untold
2014
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as Master Vampire
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Age: 67
Forbidden Empire
2014
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as Lord Dudley
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Age: 67
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
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as Legantir (voice)
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Age: 66
The Door
2012
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as Thomas Arlington
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Age: 66
Midnight's Children
2012
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as William Methwold
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Age: 65
Underworld: Awakening
2012
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as Thomas
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Age: 65
Your Highness
2011
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as King Tallious
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Age: 64
Ironclad
2011
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as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Age: 64
No Image
The Commuter
2010
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as The Traffic Warden
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Age: 64
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
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as Self
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Age: 60
Starter for 10
2006
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as Michael Harbinson
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Age: 59
Scoop
2006
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as Mr. Malcolm
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Age: 59
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 58
Swimming Pool
2003
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as John Bosload
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Age: 56
Black and White
2002
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as Roderic Chamberlain
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Age: 56
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 55
Ali G Indahouse
2002
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as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
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Age: 55
Gosford Park
2001
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as Raymond Stockbridge
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Age: 55
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
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as Sir Henry Carlyle
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Age: 53
Hilary and Jackie
1998
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as Derek Du Pré
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Age: 52
What Rats Won't Do
1998
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as Gerald Burton Jr
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Age: 51
The Blood Oranges
1997
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as Cyril
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Age: 50
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
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as Captain Richter
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Age: 50
Michael Collins
1996
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as Soames
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Age: 50
Space Truckers
1996
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as Nabel / Macanudo
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Age: 49
Undertow
1996
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as Lyle Yates
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Age: 49
China Moon
1994
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as Rupert Munro
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Age: 47
Century
1993
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as Professor Mandry
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Age: 47
Last Action Hero
1993
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as Benedict
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Age: 46
Alien³
1992
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as Clemens
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Age: 45
La valle di pietra
1992
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as Surveyor
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Age: 45
Goldeneye
1989
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as Ian Fleming
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Age: 42
First Born
1988
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as Edward Forester
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Age: 42
Out of the Shadows
1988
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as Michael Hayden
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Age: 41
Pascali's Island
1988
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as Anthony Bowles
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Age: 41
White Mischief
1987
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as Josslyn Hay
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Age: 41
Hidden City
1987
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as James Richards
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Age: 40
Good Morning, Babylon
1987
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as D.W. Griffith
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Age: 40
The Golden Child
1986
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as Sardo Numspa
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Age: 40
Plenty
1985
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as Raymond Brock
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Age: 38
For Your Eyes Only
1981
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as Claus
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Age: 34
Fatal Spring
1980
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as Siegfried Sassoon
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Age: 34
Dreams of Leaving
1980
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as Colin
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Age: 33